What do you do when the price of Stone Crab Claws gets too high? You buy Jonah Crab Claws and never miss a beat!
Crab claws are great steamed with dipping sauces, but the preferred method is to simply serve them cold with cocktail or mustard sauce. Either way, it’s a great way to start a meal or add to your selection of seafood for a night of deliciousness!
I love Stone Crab Claws but you can’t always find them in the stores, even in Florida. That’s when I look for their cousin Jonah Crab Claws. They may not be quite as sweet but they’re pretty close and the price is definitely better.
I picked up a bag of these Jonah Crab Claws one of the wholesale clubs, The best way to eat them is chilled and served with melted garlic butter and a Crab Shack copycat mustard sauce.
You can steam the claws but it will have a tendency to dry them out.
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Jonah Crab Claws
Ingredients
- 2 lb Jonah crab claws or stone crab claws
Crab Shack Mustard Sauce
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons half-and-half
- 4 teaspoons dry mustard
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon A.1. Steak Sauce
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Garlic Butter
- 1-2 cloves garlic chopped
- 4 tablespoons butter
Cocktail Sauce
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3 teaspoons prepared horseradish adjust to taste
Instructions
- Steam claws for 3-4 minutes just long enough to warm them or serve them cold
Crab Shack Mustard Sauce
- Mix all ingredients together until well-combined.
- Keep refrigerated.
Garlic Butter
- add chopped garlic in small saute pan with butter, allow butter to melt and garlic to cook without letting it burn.
- serve warm
Cocktail Sauce
- Mix all ingredients together until well-combined.
- Keep refrigerated.
Johnny says
Just bought 2 lbs for $15.00 per pound @ Sam’s Club in Kalamazoo Mich. Pricey but still cheaper than Stonies!
Dr Jan Crowe says
Can you describe the taste of the Jonah crab claws?
Compared to blue crab, lobster, snow crab ( all fresh)
Chef Dennis Littley says
I would say it was closer to a stone crab than a blue claw, and closer to snow crab than blue or lobster.
Olivia Chapman says
Question: There’s a recipe in the latest Hannaford’s magazine for Jonah Crab Claws with garlic wine sauce. I purchased the claws frozen and once the sauce is made the directions say to add the crab until heated through but it doesn’t say if they should be thawed, first?
Chef Dennis Littley says
I would definitely thaw them first in the fridge. Just don’t wait longer that necessary to use them once they are thawed
Art vaders says
I just bought a lb of them for 6.00 at my local grocery store! Same thing as stone crab without the high prices!
lynn says
What’s is the best way to get the meat out the claws, with out the meat all broken up?
Chef Dennis Littley says
I would either do a saute dish like a scampi, make crabcakes or make it into a cold crab salad. The meat is already cooked, so if you do saute, don’t heat it too long.
Margo says
When I buy them at the store, how do I know if they have been previously steamed??
Chef Dennis Littley says
They would always be cooked, unless you get them form a wholesale seafood store, and even then in most cases they will be cooked.
Charlotte Yarbrough says
We had never seen them or eaten them. We were looking for crab legs to make gumbo and ran across these in WalMart. They cost about $7.50 per pound and came in a 2 lb. bag. Living on the West Coast, we were not familiar with this East Coast crab. We are in love with them now and hope that WalMart continues to provide them. Brand name is Sea’s Best.
Mike Linskey says
What is a good price per pound to keep an eye out for
Chef Dennis Littley says
That I’m not sure of Mike. I only ever buy them at the big box stores and they’re usually around $8-9 per pound.
Debra Chilson says
May I ask where did you buy your Jonah Crab Claws please?
Chef Dennis Littley says
I bought mine at BJ’s Wholesale Debra
Michelle says
You can also get them at food basics anywhere
shirionna says
Krogers , in the frozen seafood section. they’re on sale for $5.99/lb
Daniel Porecki says
BJs. $12.00 for 2 lbs frozen
April says
You can find Jonah Crab Claws at Kroger in the Frozen Seafood aisle.